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Re: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 Mike Oravec opined:
> Henry,
>
> I suspect it had more to do with management not wanting the (6)
> passenger trains, involved with Bison Yard operation in any way. Then
> a new track connection has to be built ($285,000) to avoid the yard,
> which adds to the cost of continuing to use the old terminal. You are
> right, another reason to move out of Main Street; Babcock Street is a
> much cheaper alternative.
>
> See page 15 of E-L Magazine (October 1962)
>
> http://companypubs.elhts.org/ERLA_Oct1962.pdf
Here's the text from that column so people don't have to download the PDF:
>>>>
E-L PASSENGER STATION AT
BUFFALO IS IN NEW LOCATION
ERIE-Lackawanna Railroad pas-
senger station facilities in Buf-
falo, which are also used by
NKP trains, were transferred to a
new location on Babcock Street on
Sunday, Oct. 28, at which time the
former Lackawanna terminal at the
foot of Main Street was closed.
The yard office building at 515
Babcock Street, which was built
in 1957, was remodeled for pas-
senger station purposes. The new
location is only a short distance from
Clinton Street, a main artery to the
downtown Buffalo business and
hotel district.
Suitable tracks were already avail-
able, and a waiting room, ticket of-
lice, baggage room, and office for
the division passenger sales manager
were constructed. Station platforms
were erected, new lighting was in-
stalled, and the parking area was
black-topped.
Relocation of the passenger sta-
tion was dictated by economic neces-
sity. Operating and maintenance
costs of over $700,000 a year at the
Main Street station were becoming
prohibitive, and the heating system
needed repairs that would have cost
about $200,000.
Earlier this year all Erie-Lacka-
wanna passenger trains were re-
routed to operate over the former
Erie line via Hornell, in place of the
Lackawanna route between Corning
and Buffalo. Since then they have
been temporarily using tracks
through the new electronic freight
classification yard now under con-
struction at East Buffalo. When
the yard is ready for service, these
tracks will no longer be available
for passenger train use.
To reach the Main Street station
would have required installation of
an expensive track connection be-
tween the former Erie tracks and the
former Lackawanna tracks. This
cost, estimated at $285,000, will be
eliminated by the change to the
Babcock Street location.
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